today the community honored memory of the keisha williams and her children with a memorial cook out at the very location where they died. a "action news" reporter trish hartman. >> reporter: food, music fun activities all distraction from his a solemn anniversary. >> i knew it was coming but when i woke up this morning it just hit me, but it is the one year anniversary and we're having fun. we are going to have a fun day today for the kid. >> reporter: it has been one year since keisha williams and three children age seven ten 15 were struck and killed during a carjacking in tioga jonathan rosa and cornelius crawford are awaiting trial charge with the carjacking and murder. scene at germantown and allegheny avenues now the place of the memorial picnic. >> she was funny she always protect me because i was her baby sister. >> reporter: now charmaine williams has task of protecting keisha's two daughters, 12 year-old charmaine and 14 year-old iisha. >> it was really hard. i miss her so much. >> reporter: girls say they are miss their siblings but the past year has brought them closer. >>

today community honored memory of keisha williams and her children with the memorial cook out, the very location, where they died. "action news" reporter trish hartman has more now. >> reporter: food, music and fun activities all distractions from a solemn anniversary. >> i knew it was coming but when i woke up this morning it is just hit me. but it is one year anniversary , we will have have a fun day to day for the the kid. >> reporter: it has been one year since keisha williams and three of her children seven ten, 15 were struck and killed in carjacking in tioga two suspects are awaiting trial charge with the carjacking and murder. the scene at germantown and allegheny avenues now the site of the memorial picnic. >> i do miss her. she was funny. she always put her babies first. >> reporter: now charmine williams protects her two remaining daughter. >> it was really hard. i miss her so much. >> reporter: girls say that they miss their siblings but past year has brought them closer. >> it is hard growing up without them too. because they only have one sister and you are like, wow, what

their mother, 34-year-old keisha williams died in the hospital a few weeks later.oday one year later again a celebration, family, friends remembering the lives lost with the faces of the victims now painterred on surrounding fences that protect the area. it was beautiful sight. we spoke to keisha's sister earlier today. >> we had a close bond. i truly miss her. i'm struggling with -- i'm struggling about what happened. but my sister was a wonderful person. she tried her best to take care of her kids. she tried her best to be the best sister and to always be there for me and i try my best to be there for her and help her with her children. >> reporter: and those suspects rosa and crawford are both expecting court dates in recent weeks as well. as we're hearing from the family the williams -- the mother who was lost, her life lost she also had two children who were not in that crash. they are now staying with the sister that you heard earlier tonight. it's the latest from tioga. i'm steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> steve thank you. >>> stay with us. we are

keisha williams died days later due to her injuries. two other women including the owners of the carjacked vehicle were injured. both suspects charged with murder awaiting trial. memorial cookout is planned for this afternoon. we'll have more information about that coming up in the next 30 minutes. jesse gary nbc 10 news. >>> philadelphia police say a monster is now off the streets. an ex-handyman with a history of violence is charged with the murder of a recent drexel university grad student. investigators say james harris broke into jasmine wright's apartment a week ago and waited for her. he may have kept keys to her apartment as he was fired as the building's handyman. when she walked into her apartment, he attacked her from behind. then beat sexually assaulted wright and then strangled her. wright's mother was on the phone with her daughter when she heard them struggle. >> she was a very nice young lady. she graduated from undergrad. went to grad school. was just about to make her mark. and to be killed in this fashion is very sad

keisha williams died days later. today family and friends will hold a memorial cookout to honor the lives that were lost. >> i really think that's a good thing for the children. it's a good thing for families period. just to show them that people really do care about other people out here. and it's just not a bunch of ignorant people living. >> reporter: accused carjackers crawford and rosa are in jail awaiting trial. the organizers will sell hot dogs and hamburgers and drinks today in a way of raising money for williams' lone surviving child. there's not a lot of street parking, so you might want to come early. and you might want to consider taking septa. the 23 or the 60 bus routes will get you out here. the cookout begins at noon. jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >> jesse, our nbc 10 digital team talked to one of the women who survived that crash. she described what it was like that day one year ago and what her life has been like since then. you can watch that interview on nbc10.com and our nbc 10 news app. >>> we have n

keisha williams died days later. her family spoke to nbc 10 news about the foursome. >> she was loving. she was funny. and my niece and two nephews, they was loving and funny. >> reporter: other women including the owner of the carjacked suv were injured. crawford and rosa also charged with other crimes. right anyway awaiting their criminal trial. we'll have more about what people hope to accomplish with this cookout coming up in the next 30 minutes or so. jesse gary nbc 10 news. >>> this morning the owner of a popular philadelphia restaurant is facing child pornography charges. alex capasso co-owns the crow and the pitcher. authorities arrested him at his home on monday. the fbi says an undercover sting caught capasso providing nude pictures of a 5-year-old girl and discussing plans to abuse his own soon to be born daughter. a neighbor we spoke to said capasso was very quiet. >> to hear that something like this is going on next door to you is really scary. he doesn't really talk to any of the neighbors. i mean we're

their mother keisha williams died in the hospital days later. >> they need a parent to raise them, so'm taking over and i'm trying to make the best of it. >> reporter: aunt charmaine williams has custody of keisha's two surviving children. one year later one of the first lessons she wanted to teach them, how to learn from strife. >> i'm celebrating their memory. not their deaths. i'm celebrating they life from when they was here. >> reporter: with the final sendoff this place once of anger and sadness now a source for inspiration. one of the biggest communities projects coming out of this now completed the faces of the fallen now painted along this fence line, a mural in memorium. and also we're hearing about the suspects, they both have upcoming court dates in upcoming weeks so of course we'll stay with that. reporting from tioga i'm steve patterson, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> police in mount laurel meantime are searching for this get away van they say a stolen copper generator cable worth a hundred thousand dollars is inside. police say the mandy picketed in this sketch took the cab

keisha williams died days later due to her injuries. the family described why they want the memorial cookout here at the place of the accident. >> they used to work around here in the gardens. it was always a happy place. they used to sell fruit out here at the stand. they want kids to know every time they come down here it's not a sad occasion. >> reporter: two other women including the carjacked woman were injured. if you plan on coming out here parking is limited out on the street. but you can takes septa the number 23 and 60 buses. both stop on the corner of germantown and allegheny. jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> at 6:03 we take a live look at camden. crews will begin demolishing the commerce building at broadway and federal street. the building was a beacon of progress when it opened in 1965. crews are clearing it to make way for a parking lot. the demolition should take about two weeks. traffic will be rerouted around the area. >>> this morning an owner of a popular philadelphia restaurant is facing child pornography charges. alex

keisha we'll go to you first. there were security concerns raised along clinton years ago. what was done about them? >> well, by the documents uncovered by the times union, we found there were a number of issues that the staff was having and had reported to the administration including what to -- how to pat down employees and what they could and could not bring in. there were also some issues with the staff being allowed into facilities such as the tailor shop where joyce mitchell had workeded with the inmates about an hour or so before they were actually to begin this escape. >> and now there are issues can how was contraband smuggled through the metal detectors? is that why this is raising red flags right now? >> yes, definitely. i think the escape raised the red flags but there were a number of issues going on before an inmate had and it probably led to their ability to escape so easily. >> daniel you have a little bit of a dimmer view of the concerns at clinton. what you say is that whatever concerns they may have had about what was going on there, that exactly goes on

. >> in houston keisha, why did you attend those protests? >> well thank you so much for having me. and it's important that the voices are heard. that somebody is standing up for what we find are these injustices that are happening. it is not okay to slam people down on the ground while they're handcuffed and kneed in the back as we saw in the pool party incident and other incidents that are happening around the country. >> so i know you participated in protests and you went to baltimore recently. and this you protested today. and you're an activist involved in this issue. but when you see the video of her talk about the fact she had depression and maybe ptsd, what runs through your mind? >> well, a lot of things run through my mind. we all get depressed. this is a human condition. depression just doesn't happen to some and not all. so as part of life, you have your ups and your downs. this depression happened in march and all of a sudden now when she is going back for a new job that you know her life is just falling apart because she got arrested? there were things that she was loo

relatives and friends wanted to do something positive to remember keisha williams and her three children so they held the memorial cookout yesterday. the driver of an suv struck the victims at a fruit stand on july 25 of 2014. the father of the youngest victim says he is still waiting for justice but that community support is comforting. >> i thank everybody for coming out here showing their peace and love to me. just trying to stay strong and deal with it. >> the suspect's, cornelius crawford and jonathan rosa are awaiting trial. >>> the risk of dangerous rip currents continues today at the shore. that's after four people were rescued yesterday after they ventured into the ocean before life guards were on duty. lifeguards in wildwood were just arriving for the day saturday morning when they spotted four people struggling in the water at spicer avenue. authorities believe they likely got caught in a rip current. all four were rescued. lifeguard perss performed cpr on one of them. officials say they are all expected to be okay. >>> verizon employees in nine states including all three in o

their mother keisha williams died in the hospital days later. >> they need a parent to raise them so i'm taking over, and i'm trying to make the best of it. >> reporter: cher main williams now has custody of keisha's two surviving children, one year later one of the first lessons she wanted to teach them how to learn from strive. >> i will be celebrating their memory when they were here but celebrating their life from when they were here. >> reporter: with the final send off this place once anger and sadness now a source for inspiration. >> and one of the 11 year later one of the biggest community projects coming out of this now completed the faces of the fallen now painted along this fence line a memorial. and we are hearing about the suspects, they have both upcoming court dates in upcoming weeks. so we will stay with that. reporting from tioga i'm steve pather or fun cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> louisiana community is mourning deaths of the two women gunned down inside a movie theater on thursday. cbs correspondent kenneth craig has more from the vigil in lafayette and the the lat

the impact killed keisha williams and three of her children. the mother's neighbor and friend was seriously hurt as well. our digital reporter caught up with her to talk about her recovery and the pain left after the crash. >> whenever i think about what happened and how close i came to dying myself all i can do is pray. >> you can tap on the nbc 10 app now to learn more about the families. also how to help support the two surviving children of the mother. >>> remember this? a woman's car submerged in high waters during flooding back in april? the car was towed and she's been battling to get it back ever since. yesterday that finally happened. but her car trouble is far from over. nbc 10's delaware bureau reporting tim furlong was there. >> reporter: india's so happy to see her chevy malibu after three months of getting around without it. >> take the bus and struggle. i've been stressed out. >> reporter: we first met her when her car was being towed out of this spot on april 20th. they happened to tow her car but took it to their yard even thou

their mother, keisha williams died in the hospital days later. >> they need a parent to raise them so i'm taking over and trying to make the best of it. >> reporter: cher main williams now has custody of keisha's two surviving children. one year later one of the first lessons she wanted to teach them is how to learn from this. >> i will be celebrating their memory when they were here, not their death but i'm celebrating their life from when they was here. >> reporter: with the final send off this place once a anger and sadness is now a source for inspiration. one of the one year later, one of the wiges community projects coming out of this now completed the faces of the fallen now paint add long this fence line a mural in memorial. and also we're hearing about the suspects they both have upcoming court dates in upcoming weeks so of course we will stay with us. reporting from tie ohio steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> police in mount laurel, new jersey searching for this getaway van a stolen copper generator cable worth a hundred you this dollars is inside that van. polic

their mother keisha williams died a few days later. there are signs and flowers in this field where it all happened. i spoke with the aunt and sister of the victims as well as a family friend. they both say coming to this spot is still incredibly tough. >> it's hard to believe. it's hard to believe. i just -- it's very hard. because it seemed like yesterday. >> it's very emotional to keep coming here. we are planning on doing something every year in their memory. >> reporter: i remember being out here one year ago when this happened. tomorrow, a one-time thing at this very spot here from noon to 6:00 family and friends will honor thgç memory of the victims with a cookout. they are calling it a day for the commune to the come together. they are going to block off this intersection making this a happy place instead of a sad one. >>> another tragic anniversary today. today marks one year since a deadly hospital shooting in delaware county. richard plotts killed his caseworker, teresa hunt shot her to death and also shot at his psychiatris

. >>> well, friend and family gathered to remember a young mother keisha williams, and three of her children, who were killed a year ago today. a memorial picnic was held at germantown and allegheny avenue in tioga, that is where two men allegedly crashed a carjacked vehicle hitting and killing the victims. organizers decided to do something fun today instead of somber to remember their lives, in the their tragic deaths. community agencies donated the houses, bounce houses, food and music. the suspects in this case are still awaiting trial. >>> much in more to come on "action news" an outpouring of emotion inside a church in the chicago area for sandra bland the woman whose suicide inside a jail cell in texas has spark a national debate. >>> coming up in the next half an hour frightening moments for guests at a hotel in las vegas, where the area around one of the pools suddenly eruptness flames. >>> plus meteorologist chris sowers returned with more on the sunday forecast. jeff skversky returns with more on cole hamels no hitter in sports when "action news" comes right back. oh my gosh, it's

relatives and friends wanted to do something positive to remember keisha williams and her three children so they held the memorial cookout yesterday. the driver of an suv struck the victims at a fruit stand on july 25 of 2014. the father of the youngest victim says he is still waiting for justice but that community support is comforting. >> i thank everybody for coming out here, showing their peace and love to me. just trying to stay strong and deal with it. >> the suspects, cornelius crawford and jonathan rosa are awaiting trial. >>> a judge says an upcoming trial in the deadly center city building collapse will focus solely on the contractor who faces murder charges. griffin campbell was in charge of demolishing the building at 22nd and market when one of its walls collapsed on to a salvation army thrift store. six people died, 13 others were injured in the tragedy in 2013. yesterday in court, campbell's defense lawyer argued that others bear responsibility for the collapse. but the judge told him the trial in september will not be about anyone or anything else. sean benscott, the exca

relatives and friends wanted to do something positive to remember keisha williams and her three childrene memorial cookout yesterday. the driver of a carjacked suv struck the victims at a fruit stand on july 25th of 2014. the father of the youngest victim says he is still waiting for justice but that community support is comforting. >> i thank everybody for coming out here, showing their peace and love to me. just trying to stay strong and deal with it the best way i can. >> the suspects, cornelius crawford and jonathan rosa are awaiting trial in the carjacking and crash. >>> the "today" show is coming our way in about 13 minutes. let's go to new york now and erica hill and carson daily for a look at what they've got for us. >> just ahead on a sunday morning on "today," keeping a close watch on this developing story off the coast of florida. two teenage boys have been missing at sea for nearly 48 hours. we'll update you on that search. >>> all eyes on tom brady and the nfl. this week. >>> and katecaitlyn jenner ready to tell her story and how she's looking to inspire others. >>> and how

relatives and friends wanted to do something positive to remember keisha williams and her three children, so they held the memorial cookout yesterday. the driver of a carjacked suv struck the victims at a fruit stand on july 25 of 2014. the father of the youngest victim says he is still waiting for justice but that community support is comforting. >> i thank everybody for coming out here, showing their peace and love to me. just trying to stay strong and deal with it the best way i can. >> the suspects, cornelius crawford and jonathan rosa are awaiting trial. >>> the risk of dangerous rip currents continues today at the shore. that's after four people were rescued yesterday after they ventured into the ocean before lifeguards were on duty. lifeguards in wildwood were just arriving for the day saturday morning when they spotted four people struggling in the water at spicer avenue. authorities believe they likely got caught in a rip current. all four were rescued. lifeguards performed cpr on one of them. the victims were taken to the hospital for evaluation. they are all expected to be oka

one year ago today keisha williams and her three children were killed when a carjacked suv slammed into them. they were selling produce on a street corner to raise money for their church when they were run down. it happened germantown and allegheny avenues in hunting park. a mural now stands at the spot where that tragedy occurred. today the williams family hosting a memorial picnic saying they wanted an up lifting event to mark this painful day to celebrate the lives of their lost loved ones. >> i don't want to be sad and crying all the time. it's a happy day. not a sad day. >> jonathan rosa and cornelius crawford awaiting trial on charges of murder and jack knifing. >> lifeguards in wildwood rescuing in the ocean to rescue swimmers in distress around 9:50 in the morning 10 minutes before the lifeguards were even on duty. the beach patrol says four people were struggling in the water near east spicer avenue. eight to 10 lifeguards jumped in to action. cpr was given to one swimmer who was unconscious and luck until person regained consciousness all four were taken to the hospital. no wo

let's bring in former prosecutor keisha heaven criminal defense attorney eric guster to join us to talkt case. how do you prosecute a guy for an inappropriate relationship with one of his students when he's now married to that student and she doesn't have to testify against him? >> one of the things i would like to point out is that most criminal trials are based on circumstantial evidence. it's very rare that you have direct evidence. if you have that there would probably be not as many trials. in this case there had to be some form of evidence in order to get an indictment. yes, they're easy to get but there had to be some statements or something of that nature. even without this testimony of the now wife i think a prosecution would still be successful -- >> doesn't that become hearsay? if one of her friends says oh she said she slept with him? >> they may have seen them out in the mall. they may have heard things or seen things for themselves and then also the fact that he married this student as soon as she turned 18 that's circumstantial evidence in and of itself to say there must

their mother keisha williams died a few days later. family members are calling the gathering a day for the community to come together. >> it's hard to believe. it's hard to believe. it's very hard because it seemed like yesterday. it was always a happy place. they used to sell fruit out here. they want the kids to know every time they come down here it's not a sad occasion. >> reporter: the family was selling fruit at a stand to raise money for their church when they were hit. two men are charged with the carjacking and deaths of these four people. they are charged with murder and other crimes. both are still awaiting trial. as for the cookout tomorrow it will be held from noon until 6:00. everyone is welcome. jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. >> head to our website to hear from the survivor of that day. it's an interview you will only see on nbc10.com. >>> traffic alert for the weekend. lincoln drive in philadelphia where close tomorrow even to walkers, joggers and cyclists. crews will make repairs as well as perform maintenance. lincol

their mother keisha williams died in the hospital days later. >> they need a parent, to raise them so i'm taking over, and a i'm trying to make the best of it the. >> reporter: sharmain williams now has custody, one year later, within of the first lessons she wanted to teach them how to learn from tragedy. >> i was celebrating their memory when they were here, not their death but their life from when they were here. >> reporter: with the final send off this place is now a source of inspiration and one of the one year later one of the biggest community projects coming out of this now completed the faces of the fallen, now painted along this fence line, a mural in memorial. and also we're hearing about the suspect they both have upcoming court dates in upcoming weeks so we will stay with that. reporting from tioga i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> meanwhile police in mount laurel, new jersey searching for this getaway van take a look they say a stolen generator cable worth a hundred you this dollars is inside. the mandy picked in the sketch took the cable from the ship

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one year ago today, a carjacked suv crashed into keisha williams and her three children as they soldgheny in tioga. all four died. that will be the site of a healing this afternoon. family and friends will hold a memorial cookout from noon until 6:00 p.m. in honor of the victims. two men are charged with the carjacking and murders of the family members. they are cornelius crawford and jonathan rosa. both are still awaiting trial. >>> happening today, demolition crew wills begin taking down a fixture of the camden skyline. the commerce building was a beacon of progress when it opened in 1965. crews are now clearing it to make way for a parking lot. the demolition should take about two weeks. traffic will be rerouted around the area. >>> and part of lincoln drive in philadelphia is closed today for repair and maintenance. you cannot drive, walk, or bike. we're back in 25 minutes. i'm ted greenberg. more of the "today" show coming your way next. have a great weekend. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could